雅思小作文首段的任务就是改写题目,看似简单,但不是所有烤鸭们都有清晰的思路。“天下武功,唯快不破。” 考场上一定要能够迅速改写小作文题目,速度提升的关键就思路清晰,总结自官方指南的paraphrasing 秘籍速来领取!
# 招数1 “这个表格”替换 (主语)
具体化:什么表格?(反之亦然,题目说具体表格类型,改写时可换成简称)
The graph below -- The bar chart / The line chart / The pie chart
The graph and table – the data / the information (对于信息形式多样的表格可以直接概括为data数据或information信息)
Gives information 适合的情况下还可以替换为illustrate the performance of
…gives information aboutSouthland’s main exports-- …illustrates the performance of Southland’s primary exports
也可以把表格数量具体化: the pie charts – the two pie charts,另外,the 也可以换为this
# 招数2 “展示了”替换 (动词)
shows – illustrates / demonstrates 或compares 或gives information / provides infromation
除了常见的shows, illustrates, demonstrates这些同义表达的相互替换外,范文中经常会使用compares 或gives information 来表达。
# 招数3 关键词替换
1. yearly/ annual …– …over the year / per year年均
Example: yearly rainfall – amount of rainfall over the year
the average number of hours of sunshine per year-- annual hours of sunshine
2. percentage – proportion 比例
3. male and female -- men and women 男性和女性
4. 职业类型 – who从句
Example: academic staff members across the faculties -- who taught in seven different faculties (academic staff: 教职人员, 就是”who taught …”的意思)
5. typical – average “典型的”和“平均的”往往可以互换,比如“平均降雨量”
6. household – home 家庭的
Example: in a typicalAustralian household–in an averageAustralian home
7. be consumed – be used 被消耗的/使用的
8. the proportion of – where …is used
Example: the proportion of energy consumed-- where energy is used
9. by age range – of different ages 按不同年龄
10. give money to charity – donate(v.) / make donation (n.) 捐款
11. the changes that have taken place at … --…development …的发展
12. mainexports -- primaryexports 主要的
# 招数4 “项目“替换
具体化:类别A,类别B and 类别C – 3个类别 (反之亦然,题目说类别个数,改写时可换成具体类别名称)
in Moscow and San Francisco -- in two cities
in three major cities -- in London, New York and Sydney
# 招数5 “动作“具体化
how a solar powered water pump works -- how a solar powered water pump is used to supply water for a village. (把work这个动词在该写时根据图表具体化为”被用来供水“)
# 招数6“数据“具体化
in 2003 and 2013 – in the years 2003 and 2013 (具体化“年“)
the online shopping sales -- the percentages of online sales (具体化数据类型:百分比)
# 招数7 时间表达
1. 时间段表达
from 2003 to 2012 – during the period 2003-2012
2. 将来时间
当题目中出现对于将来数据的预测时,可以用projection, prediction 来表达,另外,注意细节段落时态要转换为将来时。
in 2000, *20…, and future projectionsfor 2025
# 招数8 词性转换+ 句型转换
the changesthat took place in three different areas of crime in Newport city centre -- howcrime rates alteredin Newport inner city
以上例子中,changes是名词,可以说the changes that took place in…/ the changes of ...(使用的句式是定语从句或of 结构“…的“)
改写之后的alter也表“变化“是动词形式,句型也有the change that…/ of… 变成了how…V+ed (宾语从句)
把以上招数按照顺序融会贯通,小作文题目改写大法就练成了,让我们来看一看红蓝OG中的具体题目以及改写。
The graphbelow shows the percentageof male and femaleacademic staff members across the facultiesof a major university in 2012 (practice test 2, blue version)
Sample Answer:
The bar chartshows the proportionof men and womenwho taught in seven different facultiesof a particular university in 2012.
The pie chart below showswhere energy is usedin a typicalAustralian household, and the table shows the amount of electricity used according to the number of occupants. (practice test 4, blue version)
Sample Answer:
The pie chart illustratesthe proportion of energy consumedby different appliances in an averageAustralian home.